Amish Thriller

È autunno a Painters Mill, e la quattordicenne Kate Burkholder sta raccogliendo mele in compagnia dell'amica Mattie, quando una banda di ragazzi guidati da Billy Marquardt inizia a importunarle. Kate li ignora, mentre Mattie, violando le regole amish, scompare nel vecchio granaio con Billy. Qualche istante dopo, un incendio incenerisce il fienile. Billy nega di avere a che fare con l'incidente, ma Kate vuole vederci chiaro e in nome della verità inizia le sue indagini pur mettendo a repentaglio la sua amicizia con Mattie.

An Amish murder mystery...A group of Amish youths go on Rumspringa to a local city where they are picked on by a local gang. In the end some of the Amish boys, despite their faith telling them to not fight back, decided that they have had enough and try and stand up to them. The next thing the Amish know is that they are being questioned over the murder of one of the local boys...Will Karson be able to identify the killer before an innocent young man is possibly convicted.

Warning: Before you even consider listening to this, understand that this is a story about a guy that is large, feels he is in charge, and is ready to kick some butt. In truth, he is essentially deaf, almost blind, socially handicapped, and has little sense of smell to boot. Add to that his basic disregard for proper attire and you have one humorous, heartfelt, and, at times, moving story. Okay maybe not that heartfelt or moving, but it may all depend on how you look at things.